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Silver as a distinct asset class should be considered as a strategic investment allocation within a global multi-asset portfolio, according to new research by Oxford Economics, a leading independent economic advisory firm. The firm finds that investors would benefit from an average 4-6 percent si...

The dollar's good shape is in stark contrast to other major currencies, but paper currencies are all plagued by the insidious evil of inflation. The dollar is doing well at the moment, but as the saying goes, "In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king".

The exponential rise of the dollar combined with the collapse of the sovereign debt bond market has created an unprecedented risk for the entire financial system. It is in this context that the holding of physical gold outside the banking system, the ultimate insurance against these risks, finds...

Before the deflationary implosion, the world will experience the most epic money printing and debt creating bonanza in history. That will mark the last desperate attempt by central banks and governments to solve a debt problem with more worthless debt.

The bond issue risks complicating the liquidity of the US Treasury market.The risk is that they will lose their status as a reserve asset, which would create a systemic risk. The confidence in the value of US debt is at stake. In this perspective, the purchase of physical gold becomes very import...

In this brief interview with Wall Street Silver, Egon von Greyerz discusses US and global markets, precious metal pricing and the inevitable rise in hard assets as global economies and currencies soften in a backdrop of rising rate insanity and increasing risk.

The current crisis clearly marks the borderline between two qualities of assets: those that offer a capacity to store energy and therefore protect against its volatility (precious metals) and those that impose, on the contrary, a dependence on fluctuating costs and threaten to transform a simple...

In the context of a real estate bubble, economic slowdown and geopolitical conflicts, the Chinese central bank, more commonly known as the People's Bank of China, has just decided on a new rate cut. The Middle Kingdom is entering a new reality.

The accurate measurement of inflation is particularly important in the current period. Prices are slipping at levels not seen in decades. Households and businesses need to have the best possible perception of this in order to adjust their behavior. Unfortunately, national statistical institutes t...

Government officials speak of a "peak" in inflation... But inflation is here to stay, because its causes are still present: the money printing of central banks to finance budget deficits, the energy transition which increases the price of electricity, the ill-considered sanctions taken against Ru...